Further validation of a multiplex STR system for use in routine forensic identity testing

Forensic Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-64

  Andersen, Julia F ^a   Greenhalgh, M J ^a   Butler, H R ^a   Kilpatrick, S R ^a   Piercy, R C ^a   Way, K A ^a   Myhill, H S ^a   Wright, J C ^a   Hallett, R ^a   Parkin, B H ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; Forensic; Multiplex; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Short tandem repeat (STR); Validation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0029871265     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01861-1     Document Type: Article

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